Skuas at Holme Dunes, Norfolk (1 Viewer)

[Alexjh1]

Seeing the wind was favourable for some skua passage yesterday, I decided to head out to Holme Dunes to see what I could pick up. Sadly a lot of haze out to sea which made it impossible to get a good look at most things passing far out, but a few birds did come marginally closer in, so may as well take the opportunity to see how the skua id skills I've been working on year are developing.

Thanks in advance!

#1 - Dark Phase Arctic?


#2 Pale juvenile arctic or Pomarine


#3 Just throwing this last one in here because sometimes you just have to laugh when photograpy conditions aren't in your favour...

 

[tconzemi]

Wow
I am almost sure the last one is a Pterosaurus

 

[pianoman]

For me, first bird almost certainly Arctic based on apparently slim shape, distribution of white prim shafts and general likelihood. Shafts look very bright for a dark phase bird but that might be the light or an artefact.
Second certainly a juvenile so even harder to tell. I'd have to say Arctic too, just based on the percentages really.